The Stoop Story Archive contains the true, personal tales shared by thousands of everyday people on our stages since 2006. We’re proud of this amazing collection and invite you to listen, browse by topic or storyteller, check out past shows — and share, share, share.
Archive
| Story Title | Story Date | Story Description | Story Tags |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aaron B: Silk Road | June 10, 2016 | Stories From Abroad The Stoop returns to The Columbia Festival of the Arts, this time with a show about culture shock, communication barriers, and long, strange trips to foreign lands. Man deals with two flat tires, in a foriegn country, before the prevalence of cell phones. | bad luck, flat tire, travel |
| Susan Sullam: It’s Even MORE Complicated | April 16, 2016 | A show about the joys and oys of being a modern Jew Bolton Street | |
| Russ Margolis, MD: It’s Even MORE Complicated | April 16, 2016 | A show about the joys and oys of being a modern Jew Bolton Street | |
| Maranda Kosten: It’s Even MORE Complicated | April 16, 2016 | A show about the joys and oys of being a modern Jew Bolton Street | |
| Lew Schon, MD: It’s Even MORE Complicated | April 16, 2016 | A show about the joys and oys of being a modern Jew Bolton Street | |
| Homayra Ziad: It’s Even MORE Complicated | April 16, 2016 | A show about the joys and oys of being a modern Jew Bolton Street | |
| Charlie Weiner, MD: It’s Even MORE Complicated | April 16, 2016 | A show about the joys and oys of being a modern Jew Bolton Street | |
| Bill Fox: It’s Even MORE Complicated | April 16, 2016 | A show about the joys and oys of being a modern Jew Bolton Street | |
| Wendel Patrick: Making Their Mark | November 18, 2016 | Click on the storyteller’s photo to hear the story | |
| Mike Subelsky: Making Their Mark | November 18, 2016 | Click on the storyteller’s photo to hear the story | |
| Johnny Marra: Making Their Mark | November 18, 2016 | Click on the storyteller’s photo to hear the story | |
| Jim Meyer: Making Their Mark | November 18, 2016 | Click on the storyteller’s photo to hear the story | |
| Jeffrey Kent: Making Their Mark | November 18, 2016 | Click on the storyteller’s photo to hear the story | |
| David Page: Making Their Mark | November 18, 2016 | Click on the storyteller’s photo to hear the story | |
| Cara Ober: Making Their Mark | November 18, 2016 | Click on the storyteller’s photo to hear the story | |
| Brittany Roger: Making Their Mark | November 18, 2016 | Click on the storyteller’s photo to hear the story | |
| Ashley Minner: Making Their Mark | November 18, 2016 | Click on the storyteller’s photo to hear the story | |
| Choir: A Tribute to Barbara Mikulski | December 12, 2020 October 12, 2017 | The Stoop Storytelling Series in partnership with WYPR presents “The Stoop Virtual Holiday Hoo-Ha: An evening of seasonal stories, comedy sketches, music, and MAGIC” on Saturday, December 12. Join us | |
| Taya Dunn-Johnson: Breaking with Tradition | December 12, 2017 | Join us for an evening of atypical, non-normal, anti-Hallmark holiday tales. 7 p.m. Cocktails and Live Turbo Folk Music from Orchester Prazevica Story about parents punishing her for lying about not doing homework by giving all of her toys away and taking pictures each one | cabbage patch, care bear, christmas gifts, hard lessions, homework, only child, parents, polaroid, rubic's cube, Russian nesting dolls, Salvation Army, school |
| Staci Weisberg: Breaking with Tradition | December 12, 2017 | Join us for an evening of atypical, non-normal, anti-Hallmark holiday tales. 7 p.m. Cocktails and Live Turbo Folk Music from Orchester Prazevica Being home alone in Columbia with her siblings as a Jewish families and fearing the carolers who rang the door to sing to them | babysitting, carolers, Columbia, horror movie, Jewish |
| Shari Malowitz: Breaking with Tradition | December 12, 2017 | Join us for an evening of atypical, non-normal, anti-Hallmark holiday tales. 7 p.m. Cocktails and Live Turbo Folk Music from Orchester Prazevica Story about growing up thinking Santa hates the Jews | autism, Christmas, jews, Norad, Santa |
| Shar Hollingsworth: Breaking with Tradition | December 12, 2017 | Join us for an evening of atypical, non-normal, anti-Hallmark holiday tales. 7 p.m. Cocktails and Live Turbo Folk Music from Orchester Prazevica Story about working overseas in Swaziland during Christmas. She encouraged the girls to play soccer instead of meal prep | cooking, feminism, soccer, Swaziland, woman's roles |
| Nikki Gamer: Breaking with Tradition | December 12, 2017 | Join us for an evening of atypical, non-normal, anti-Hallmark holiday tales. 7 p.m. Cocktails and Live Turbo Folk Music from Orchester Prazevica Story about dealing with Christmas depression by going on a spontaneous solo trip to Costa Rica | adventure, Boston, break-ups, Costa Rica, depression, New Kids on the Block, single, travel |
| Greg Maggiano: Breaking with Tradition | December 12, 2017 | Join us for an evening of atypical, non-normal, anti-Hallmark holiday tales. 7 p.m. Cocktails and Live Turbo Folk Music from Orchester Prazevica Story about family who loved White Elephant gift exchanges (so much that his grandmother made it part of his will). He is a kid playing with the parents. The gift | condoms, kids, white elephant, yankee swap |
| Gary Almeter: Breaking with Tradition | December 12, 2017 | Join us for an evening of atypical, non-normal, anti-Hallmark holiday tales. 7 p.m. Cocktails and Live Turbo Folk Music from Orchester Prazevica Story about how his mother got paid 1000 every Christmas for being choir director at her small church. Gary and his siblings would play with the money like Price is | Choir, church, Hee Haw, money, Price is Right, siblings, small town, upstate New York |
| Story Title | Story Date | Story Description | Story Keywords | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Marion Ehrlich: Wit and Wisdom | April 6, 2024 | |||
| Marion Winik – Audience Storyteller: The Stoop Turns Ten! | February 10, 2016 | |||
| Marion Winik: It’s Complicated | April 5, 2014 | |||
| Marion Winik: O Little Town of Baltimore | December 20, 2010 | |||
| Mark Belzekian: First Times | May 14, 2013 | |||
| Mark Bilezikjian: Hair! | April 24, 2014 | Armenian hair experiences — too standup-y | ||
| Mark Brodinsky: The Stoop Die Hard Holiday Show | December 6, 2016 | on storytelling……TERRIB:E | ||
| Mark Carter: You Want Fries With That? | March 30, 2009 | A man working for Planned parenthood has spent months telling people how to eroticize contraception, but fails when he tries to insert his girlfriend diaphragm one night | Contraception, funny, Planned Parenthood, sex | |
| Mark Eisendrath: Scary Stories | October 27, 2006 | Surviving a plane crash in the jungle and making the experience into an artistic passion | burning, family, fire, jungle, plane crash, survival, wood | |
| Mark Farley Grant: Justice Talking | March 18, 2013 | |||
| Mark Gunnery : Didn’t See That Coming | October 21, 2021 | One night when attending a film festival I ran into an old friend who informed me that a box of my old journals was at the Compound, a local mixed | ||
| Mark Illuminate: Holidrama! Part Deux | December 15, 2014 | |||
| Mark Illuminati: O Little Town of Baltimore | December 20, 2010 | |||
| Mark Jones: Catastrophe! | November 6, 2019 | Ate the tecquila worm and got super hungover and nearly missed wor | hungover, restaurant, sick, tequila, worm | |
| Mark L. Miller: Culture Shock | April 25, 2011 | Artist tells about his experience working in a rural landscape with a neurotic artist | art, assistant, country, south | |
| Mark Lee: Stoop at Loyola | March 1, 2017 | a nice man who starts off as tech support for a wealthy woman becomes her friend and dinner companion | class, computers, dinner, purse | |
| Mark Miazga: Animal Tales | September 22, 2008 | Story about getting sued for $10,000 after his dog chased a garbage man and successfully representing himself in court. | ||
| Mark Thistle: Family Circus | June 11, 2015 | |||
| Marlena W: Order up! | January 15, 2013 | Story about how much is sucks to work at Ms. Shirley’s | ||
| Marshai Allen – Audience Storyteller: The Stoop Turns Ten! | February 10, 2016 | |||
| Marshai Allen: Oh, pioneers! | February 9, 2015 | |||
| Martha Thomas: And Then I Got High | April 22, 2015 | |||
| Martha Weiman: Coming to America | April 7, 2008 | Holocaust survivor’s story of escaping Germany with family after father’s release from Concentration camp. | escape, Holocaust, Jewish, refugee | |
| Martin Coddrington: Postcards from the Stoop | June 8, 2012 | |||
| Martine Richards: Office Space | November 13, 2014 | |||
